Public Charity

THE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

THE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in TRAVERSE CITY, MI. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $5.2M, expenses of $5.4M, total assets of $1.1M. Imperigo tracks 8 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $60K.

EIN: 260883148 TRAVERSE CITY, MI Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.2M
Total Expenses$5.4M
Total Assets$1.1M
Grant Records8
Funding Total$60K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE, PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CHERRIES AND AGRICULTURE AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE GRAND TRAVERSE REGION, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, VOLUNTEERISM, PATRIOTISM, AND THE HISTORY, ART AND CULTURE OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE REGION.

Where $100 goes at The Festival Foundation

How The Festival Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $80 for programs

$80
The Festival Foundation, d/b/a the national cherry festival annually hosts an eight day festival of events to promote the cherry and agriculture industry in the grand traverse region
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Brian Beauchamp
BOARD MEMBER Doug Dowdy
TREASURER Ian Hollands
BOARD MEMBER Jessica Alpers
EX-OFFICIO John Lynch
BOARD MEMBER Kandace Chapple

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$39,008 5 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$13,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.2M $5.4M $1.1M
2024 $4.8M $5.1M $1.5M
2023 $5.4M $5.3M $1.4M
2022 $4.6M $4.3M $1.5M
2020 $358K $859K $1.5M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $358K to $5.2M (+1366%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.1M.

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